Ceilometer cloud base height from station Ny-Ålesund (2017-08 et seq)

Clouds are a key factor for the Arctic amplification of global warming, but their actual appearance and distribution are still afflicted by large uncertainty. On the Arctic-wide scale, large discrepancies are found between the various reanalyses and satellite products, respectively. Although ground-based observations by remote sensing are limited to point measurements, they have the advantage of obtaining extended time series of vertically resolved cloud information. The presented data set provides cloud base height measured by Vaisala CL51 laser ceilometer at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (78.92°N, 11.92E), and will be updated regularly by new data. The data are subject to the data release guidelines of BSRN ( https://bsrn.awi.de/data/conditions-of-data-release/ ).

Date (Publication): 2022-03-14T11:16:09

Citation identifier: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942331

Author

Maturilli, Marion

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6818-7383

Publisher

PANGAEA

https://www.pangaea.de/

Originator

Alfred Wegener Institute - Research Unit Potsdam

Presentation form: Digital table

Status: Completed

PANGAEA Project List

BSRN
Baseline Surface Radiation Network
AWI_Meteo
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI

Access constraints: Copyright

Use constraints: Copyright

Other constraints: BSRN-1.0: Baseline Surface Radiation Network License 1.0

Spatial representation type: Text, table

Language: und

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Begin date: 2017-08-01T00:00:00

End date: 2026-02-28T23:59:00

Distribution format

application/zip ( unknown )

OnLine resource: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.942331?format=zip

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Statement: The data set was checked for completeness, correctness, and consistency of metainformation. Validity of used methods was checked and - if applicable - precision and range of data.

Description: EVENT LABEL: NYA (Ny-Ålesund) * LATITUDE: 78.922700 * LONGITUDE: 11.927300 * DATE/TIME: 1992-08-01T00:00:00 * ELEVATION: 11.0 m * LOCATION: Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen * CAMPAIGN: AWIPEV_based * BASIS: AWIPEV * METHOD/DEVICE: Monitoring station

Rationale: BSRN station no: 11; Surface type: tundra; Topography type: mountain valley, rural; Horizon: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.669522; Station scientist: Marion.Maturilli@awi.de